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Move aside Byron, this is the greatest hero of the Romantic age

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (53+ words) The Times Move aside Byron, this is the greatest hero of the Romantic age Thomas Cochrane — naval hero and revolutionary — was the inspiration for Horatio Hornblower. Peter Moore’s gripping and stylish biography is a fitting monument for an epic, adventurous…...

The Sunday Times
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A gorgeous coming-of-age novel set on the Tuscan coast

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (52+ words) The Times A gorgeous coming-of-age novel set on the Tuscan coast In Black September, the veteran Italian writer Sandro Veronesi merges teenage angst with dark real-world history £1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited access to all articles. Ends soon. Enjoy unlimited digital…...

The Sunday Times
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Jacqueline Wilson: How I read Lolita at 13 after tricking my mum

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (65+ words) The Times Jacqueline Wilson: How I read Lolita at 13 after tricking my mum The author on fainting at a Soho jazz club, being called ‘gormless’ by her mother and why she was utterly underwhelmed by Madonna £1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited…...

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That’s me in your novel! The perils of writers who borrow from real life

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (78+ words) The Times That’s me in your novel! The perils of writers who borrow from real life Author Rachel Cusk has caused a fuss for her portrayal of an actress uncannily similar to her friend Natalie Portman. She’s part of a…...

The Times
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In her prime: The Driver’s Seat might just be Muriel Spark’s best work

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (17+ words) The Times...

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thetimes.com > culture > books > article > four-terrible-parents-calla-henkel-review-qmzcpf5hd

Four gay parents and one missing child — a highly original novel

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (13+ words) The Times...

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On the Sea review — a sensitively played tale of forbidden gay love

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (14+ words) The Times...

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thetimes.com > culture > books > article > all-pretty-horses-cormac-mccarthy-review-s08r658vq

Teenage cowboys in love... is this Cormac McCarthy’s cheeriest novel?

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (68+ words) The Times Teenage cowboys in love... is this Cormac McCarthy’s cheeriest novel? He wrote some of the bleakest books in American fiction but McCarthy’s 1992 western, All the Pretty Horses, is full of romance and mischief, not just bloodshed £1 for 3 months…...

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Fox and Hunt on the summer reading list as MPs break for some sun

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (16+ words) The Times...

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thetimes.com > culture > books > article > things-story-sixties-georges-perec-david-bellos-review-fv6mwbjj2

The 1965 novel that inspired Perfection, the cult satire on hipster life

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (14+ words) The Times...